Jake loves football and dreams of becoming a professional footballer. He's worried about his height though - what if he's too small for football? But on the day of his trial Jake is quick on the ball and scores - he's made it! Jake can't wait to pull on his shirt and join the team. But someone at the club wants to make his life difficult. Can Jake face up to the bullies and become man of the match again?Stay on the ball this season with the first four stories following the boys in United's under-twelves.

 

 

This book is part of a book series called Football Academy .

This book has been graded for interest at 7 years.

There are 176 pages in this book. This book was published in 2009 by Penguin Random House Children's UK .

Tom Palmer is the author of 48 books featuring spies, history, the RAF, ghosts, detectives, war, formula 1, football and rugby. He is the winner of the Solihull and Leicester children's book awards and was shortlisted for the prestigious Blue Peter Book Award. Tom lives in Yorkshire with his wife, daughter, dog and cat.